Get healthy

Education:

This freaks me out completely!
I get so overwhelmed thinking about nutrition and healthy eating. It seems so complicated and so incredibly difficult to keep track of. It doesn’t seem like I will ever be able to get a handle on all the thoughts out there.

So, what I’m going to do first is read “You on a Diet” because that’s what my doctor recommended.
Then I’ll look at the Nutrition Almanac book that J recommended.

So, for the next month…I’m going to concentrate on just learning as much as I can about how to read labels, knowing how much I should weigh, how much BMI is ok, how many carbs, how many calories etc…learning some of the values of certain foods and how they react to my PCOS.
What are good portion sizes? and find a bit of a routine about when to eat…
Want to explore the GI diets too. Think that may be the way that I need to eat…

One month is not that scary…

So, here goes…

tonight had an IM conversation with a good friend who is a total health nut about loosing weight. He said he could help me figure out a plan if I was interested.
I’ll be seeing him next week and then again the week after when I go on a couple trips out of town. So….we’re going to talk about it then and set up a plan.

Probably need to get some people here in town involved in helping me with this too.

Ugh! and Yay!

Have been doing a better job of being aware when I am eating. Realized during my morning pages, that I eat unconsciously sometimes. I’m alot more intentional with almost every other area of my life.
Have been eating more regularly and am making wiser choices. I also have noticed I don’t feel that kind of “hunger” that I wasn’t sure how to fill. Not sure the reason for that. did have an interesting prayer time and also some things that have been resolved in my life lately.
Finally starting to take action to make the kind of life I’ve wanted and I think that effects my physical health as well as mental health.

I’ve been looking at old photographs of myself. I’ve always thought of myself as extremely heavy, but when I look at the photos, that’s just not true.
I went through a phase when I was about 10 or so where I was heavy, but really, I wasn’t THAT heavy.
I just this second realized my mom probably decided to coach our softball team because the doc told her I was obese at 10. That was a pretty traumatic day. Maybe that was her way of getting me to be more active. hmmmm, never thought of that.
Think that’s around the same time we started swimming so much too.

Now, I truly am overweight. I’m doing ok with my BP, but my cholestoral is up a bit (241) other stuff is good, I’m pretty healthy considering I’m around 100 pounds overweight right now.

I’m not exercising and what I’m realizing the last few days is I have NO concept of what my body really looks like. Need more mirrors in this house. Hate the ones we have cause they really only show you the top 1/2 of yourself.

Have a 23 yr old friend that had a heart attack this week. He’s not that overweight at all…but he eats junk. I eat junk…need to work on getting healthier all around.

I’m mentally very healthy, emotionally more healthy than I’ve been in about 20 years, spiritually….um..thinking I’m pretty close to being settled on a direction. Now it’s time to really come to grips with my physical health. Need a plan…

What??

Got my lab results and things were good except my cholestoral which was 241. The doc said to get on meds for a while. Thinking I’ll probably just do that until I can get it to come down.

Also need a measles shot. (uggggh)

today and had a chat about weight loss and nutrition. She suggested reading “You on a Diet” so that’s what I’m gonna do.

One of the best things was that I ended up not needed blood pressure meds! Yay!!

Last time I was there (nearly 3 years ago) yikes! She had told me I needed to get on BP meds but I told her I did not want to do that. I was quite surprised to find out I really didn’t need any!

Next is to do the lab work tomorrow to see where my Chol. and everything else is.

Committed to going back in 3 months for checkup. That that will help me. She said I could even come in once a month if that would help. Maybe I’ll do that….

But at least every 3 months…Step in the right direction!!!!

to start using these goals again and to try to build an “outline” form with them. So…my over arching goal here is to Get Fit…the first steps in that are join weight watchers and make appointments with my GP and dentist. Already have an eye appointment so that’s good.

I know there’s some tests I need to take and some meds I need to be on. I’ve been blowing those off and that’s not good.
I really don’t take very good care of my physical self.

Adding exercise to this mix will be the hardest I think.

That will be my next big category I think

Not good….

BP was 148/90 today. Highest it’s ever been…
MUST do something about that!

Not good!!!

Took my BP today at Sams

152/76

Highest it’s ever been! this job is incredibly stressful and I must find ways to reduce the stress,reduce my BP and get healthier! This has reached critical stage in my life and I just have to get it worked out.

Need a plan!

I had a massive craving for Fritos this week. Weird cause I hardly ever have cravings for anything and certainly not fritos. I’ve eaten so many of them it’s not even funny.

Guess that means this goal isn’t one of my top priorities at the moment. ;-)